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Mar. 13, 1923. 1,448,295 T. E. HAWKINS RADATOR COVER Filed Oct. 28, 1921 Patented Mar. 13, 1923.

UNITED STATES Tenn E. Hawkins; oFHUNTrNGToN, INDIANA.

PATENT ortica.

RADIATOR oovER.

Application inea october 2s, 192i. rserial No. 511,071.

new and useful Improvements in Radiatorv Covers, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention, which generally relates to improvements lin that type of radiatorcovering means in which is included a front curtain or shade fory fitting over the radiator front and. adapted for being regulated from the car dash to wholly or partly expose such front, more especially has 'reference to certain" improvements on the radiatorcover meansf shown and de. scribed in my copending application filed January 18, 1921', Serial No. 438,136.

My present linvention comprehends certain improvements in the means for holding the shade or ,curtain member, disclosed in my pending application, to its vvertically adjusted position over the radiator front a more positive action of the tension elements and for being more economically combined with the shade or curtain portion of the Cover and whereby the same can be made with less expense than is possible with the coil spring devices which constitute a part of the radiator cover means described and shown in my copending application aforesaid. l f

In its more subordinate feature, my `present inventionembodies simple and effective devices locatable within convenient reach4 of theJ .car driver whereby to hold lthe pulley cable or cord, by'which the curtain or shade is manipulated, to its dra-wn back curtain adjusting positions and for quickly releasing the curtain when it is desired to permit it to drop for wholly or partly exposing the radiator front. i

IVith other minor objects in view that will hereinafter appear, my present inventionembodies in a radiator cover of the type mentioned certain details of construction and peculiar arrangement of parts, all of and my said improvements are designed for which will behereinafter explained, speciii- .cally statedv in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawinos in which:` 'Y f b, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my present construction of radiator hood cover,

the shade orcurtain flap being shown at a partly raised position, the pull cord or cable clamping device being alsoindicated.

Figure 2 is a section of the hood cover taken substantially on the line 2-2 of Fig- 60 ure l, the curtain orshade being shown at the fully raised position.

Figure 3 is a detail vertical section of the lower end of tliehood with the curtain at the lowermost or fully'curled position.

Figure 4i is a similar view of the upper or pull end ofthe curtain.

nFigure 5 is a detail face view of a portion of the curtain iap with one of the spring bands indicated in dotted lines. 4

Figure 6 is a detail section thereof, on the line 6 6 on Figure 5.

Figure 7 is a verticalY section partly in elevation ofthe pullicord or cable clamp device In my present `construction of radiator `hood cover the same isy composed of thel conventional flexible material, `preferably leather ofsuitable thickness whereby toretain its shape for being quickly placed onto and over the radiator front or removed therefrom as desired.

The` cover or front portion is cut out to produce a windowlike opening 1 for expos ing the radiator air tubes, and theedges of the said opening l are stifl'ened by a sheet metalframe 2 mounted on the back of the cover and to which the edges of the cover, that `surroundthe opening il are riveted or otherwise firmly secured.'

The cover front adjacent the upper edge of the opening is secured to the adjacent metal rim member E20 by eyelets or other like tubular fasteners 3-3 that pass through suitable aperatures 3() in the member 20 and 95 which constitute. passages for the guide tubes 4 through which the pull cords or cables pass, as clearly shown in Figure 2 of the drawings, and as presently further explained.

5 designates the leather flap which constitutes the curtain or shade member and which is adapted for partly or wholly covering the opening l, as desired, and the said shade 5, in my present construction is permanently stitched along its lower edge 50 to the front fabric, as is best shown in Figure 3.

The shade 5 is of double thickness and has a plurality of longitudinallyextended pockets 6--6 formed by parallel pairs of longitudinal stitching 7-7 and the upper ends of the said pockets terminate at the hem 51 along the top of the shade that forms a transverse loop 52 to receive. a reinforce metal strip 8 which constitutes the pull member of the shade since to it the ends 90 of a pair of pull cables or cords 9 are attached, as is best shown in the detail section Figure 4. i

The lower end of each longitudinal pocket 6 opens through the bottom, as at 60, to provide for the ready insertion of resilient metal bands l0 whose tension is such that they curl up like a watch spring.

In the practical arrangement of the tenpull strain on the cords 9 is released, the said spring'bands 10 are inserted through slots ll in the turned up edge in the bottom member of the metal rim and lit into the full length of their respective pockets in the curtain or shade flap.

The lowermost endo each spring metal band remains seated within the metal rim as is shown in Figure 3, to provide a rigid connection for that end of the springband.

By referring to. Figures 2 and 3, it will be apparent that by pulling out the free end of the curtain the folds of the curtain unwind and thereby straighten the spring bands 10 and the curtain flap, it being obvious that when pulled up to the limit, as in Figure 2, the said spring bands l0 are at their fully distended or flat position.

For uncurling the curtain and pulling it up to its Wholly or partly extended position, it is only necessary to apply a pull tension on the cords 99, that `curl up with the curtain when the latter rolls up. y

In my present invention, the two cords 9-9join with a single pull cord 95 which passes through a central tubular guide 12 in the car dash l5 and through a guide aperture in a handle portion 4040i2 a clampingdetail inFigure 7 and comprises a plate` having a channel or groove 41 toy receive the pull end 96 of the cord 95,- and the saidk cord end 96 is normally held tightly clamped against the bottom of the groove 4l by a `manipulating the shade-device and the advantages of my present arrangement of radiator hood will be readily apparent to automobile users.A

The wind-up spring devices are exceedingly simple, can be readily applied to the Hap 5 and when once fitted to theirv operative position they will berpositively held to their operative condition and in shape for readily rolling up the curtain flap when strain on the -pull cord is removed, which operation is quickly'effected without any special manipulation. by the car driver, who simply presses 'up on the finger lever of the clamping cam "to release the cord end 96.

The cover with its curtain portion can be ting overthe particular shape of radiator front upon which it isdesired to use it.

That I claim is v f l. A cover for radiators comprising a flexible body.v shaped for fitting over a ra` :cheaply made and readily patterned for fita sion devices forrolling up the curtain wheny diator and including a front portion havy ing an opening and a curtainflap attached to the front and adapted for being pulled over'the said opening, a metal reinforce'at'- tached to the edgesfof the front portion and surrounding Lthe opening therein, a spring device cooperative with the tlap, said spring device including a band spring that extends lengthwise of and is flexibly secured to the flap and whose tension normally causes it to curl up with the Hap, the lowermost endy of the spring. band engaging the metal reinforce at the lower edgel ofthe opening in the flap and means operable from thel vehicle for unwinding the cover Hap land thev winding spring. connected therewith and for holding the said spring and the flap at the partly or wholly distended` position..

2. As a new article, aradiator hood protector comprising a flexible body having vfront, top, andside. portions, the front por-x tion having-an opening adapted'for registering ywith the entrance end of the air ducts of the radiator and ya `flap that- 'constitutes a curtain, said flapbeing attachedat its lower end .to the said front-portion of the flexible body along the lower edge of the opening therein, V a rig-idV metal reinforce for the edges of thesaid-opening, the curtain la yhaving at' leastonepoclret extending the fu l length thereof and open at. the bottom, .a curling-spring band insertablelengthwise through the bottom of the longitudinal pull cord attached t0 the free end of the curpocket in the Hap, a metal reinforce at the tain flap and adapted t0 be operated from a lower end of the opening having a slot vehicle seat for drawing out the curtain 10 through which the lower end of the spring; flap and its Winding spring, the said cord 5 band passes and in which itis retained Winding up with the curtain flap when the whereby as the said band normally curls up pull strain thereon is re1eased. it Winds up the curtain flap with it, and a TODD E. HWKINS. 

